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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53094 |
Category: | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
Title: | RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:517 |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:517. HelixPlayer is a media player. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way HelixPlayer processes SMIL files. An attacker could create a specially crafted SMIL file, which when combined with a malicious web server, could execute arbitrary code when opened by a user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1766 to this issue. All users of HelixPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains HelixPlayer version 10.0.5 and is not vulnerable to this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 5.1 |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1766 16981 http://secunia.com/advisories/16981 20050623 RealNetworks RealPlayer RealText Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=250&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true DSA-826 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826 RHSA-2005:517 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html RHSA-2005:523 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-523.html SUSE-SA:2005:037 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_37_real_player.html http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/ oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9509 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9509 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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